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This is true. But here you can only find the good fruits at Whole Foods or Central Market. The fruits in the "regular" stores are at best mediocre. I'm willing to pay 2.99 a pound for some decent oranges, it's a guilty pleasure for me

Im going to go more often to this store thats for sure. I used to go there all the time when I was in a couple thus "two salaries no kids".

The thing is, the produce quality is going down in the middle road two big chains in Switzerland. Over just a few years its become considerably more pan-european and thus industrial, with the veges sourced wherever they are the cheapest in Europe. When I first moved here, there were no hard discounters in the grocery business and the mass supermarkets were still locally sourced...

There is some produce you can buy in the cheapest two stores - that are new German chain arrivals - Aldi and Lidl. Its hit or miss and furthermore a certain group of people (middle class and/or politically correct) are shamed not to go there because of the labor practices... If I ever brought a product to work, for example, some judgmental colleague is going to make a shaming comment and there's some truth to it. Those jobs are supposed to be the worst of the worst as far as shop work in this country, right now.

Anyone in the US following and or supporting the Fast Food living wage movement??

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While not "mere blocks away" there is a Whole Foods ten blocks away and I can't even recall the last time I went. I have too many better options.

Whole Foods is the new Walmarts of grocery stores. Actually there is a battle now because the mayor is in a fight trying to prevent any more whole foods from being built in the city since they are non union and don't pay their employees enough.

Central market is nice but there aren't any in the city you have to drive to the burbs.

The best place for quality (especially produce) are the co-ops. The main one here is PCC Natural Markets. They are always filled with local produce. You have to buy a membership but their quality is beyond pale.

However, mere blocks away I have the Hung Vuong Supermarket where I can feast on spiked durian, sea cucumbers, pig snouts and live frogs. Walk a couple more blocks east and you can buy live poultry and rabbits.

Did you see the part where they flew over the two cheesesteak places? That's my hood!

no. I didn't start watching it until it was around half way through and I was beat so didn't even make it past the Amish story. Beautiful state from the little I saw. I have the second half recorded so if Philly was shown at the end I will see your hood.

No, I obtained this at a shop in the Italian market. I see on their web site though that nationally they are carried at Whole Foods. I think they started out several years ago as a vendor at the weekly Brooklyn Flea.

I have a bottle of champagne chilling a new cheapo brand I never saw before but I'm not going to drink it and Im not going out tonight cause I have to write something for work. I just cleaned house for 4 hours and cooked basic pasta while watching a three part BBC documentary on the history of Berlin. Which was fascinating.

When I was focused on being rail thin in my mid 20's I kept many varieties of pickles in my fridge. Pickles pretty much suck here in Switzerland and being somewhat central Europe I would expect otherwise... I'm sure the USA has the best and maybe only gourmet pickles in the world.

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Those little French common cornichons are OK, though definitely not as good as a small batch USA pickle. You need to locate where Jewish people procure their pickles.

Love pickles!Especially sour garlic dills but pretty much the whole gamut. I've tried some Polish dills that were pretty awful. Too sweet (for a dill pickle) and the "dill" was almost imperceptible.I have always wanted to go to that great pickle place in NYC that you have mentioned a few times. I suppose I could splurge and order from them online but I would rather have a taste first.

Well yeah, so do I. My first apartment was across the street from Lombardi's Pizza on Spring/Mott and my second was a block west of Orchard. The pickle places were right below Delancey, but Guss closed a few years ago and moved to Brooklyn.

You've obviously not been to the Lower East Side in the past decade. It's not just gentrified, but hyper-gentrified. I lived there in the early 90's. There were other pickle places though, all barrel-cured over on Essex Street. This one is still there:

Last night was Halibut on the grill with hot homemade potato chips served with malt vinegar and fresh from the garden Brandywine tomatoes. Yum!!!

Tonight's dinner is mac and cheese.

Had a root canal today and my jaw is numb up to my eye socket even though it was a molar. Next week on Monday I get the permanent crown on another molar and Wednesday get stage 2 done on the root canal. Will this never end? Ugh!

Had a root canal today and my jaw is numb up to my eye socket even though it was a molar. Next week on Monday I get the permanent crown on another molar and Wednesday get stage 2 done on the root canal. Will this never end? Ugh!

it is. she told me to take 3- 200mg of ibufrofen every 4-6 hours for 2 days regardless of the pain. I am now breaking out in hives and I just called her emergency number for an alterntative med. hope she calls soon!

it is. she told me to take 3- 200mg of ibufrofen every 4-6 hours for 2 days regardless of the pain. I am now breaking out in hives and I just called her emergency number for an alterntative med. hope she calls soon!

apparently not. she called and said the pain meds I would need are a controlled substance and couldn't be phoned in. she's going to call me first thing in the morning. I'm not in pain now, just itchy but wonder how the night will go without anything to take. took a Benadryl and it seems to be helping the itchies a bit. bummer not to have a backup med. guess I will have to hope for the best.

and mecch, the mac and cheese is pretty good as much as it can be. comfort food.

Looks like a lovely place to hold a reception for you and Cowboy Willy. You should take dances lessons and learn the two step, a lovely waltz and end it in a fabulous shadow dance. Boots might be an issue with your foot issue. Hit me up if you need some tunes for suggestions for the first and last dance

I can remember laying in my moms lap as a kid listening to Faron Young sing "Wine me up" live.

It's also at 17 where I meant my sons mother, I saw a pretty blonde in the back of a mustang with another guy and opened up the door and said "excuse me, you want a real man sweety?"... the rest is history.

Ps- any reception of mine will be held at Golden Corral on All You Can Eat Prime Rib night...only $11.99 . Just keepin it classy.

It's also at 17 where I meant my sons mother, I saw a pretty blonde in the back of a mustang with another guy and opened up the door and said "excuse me, you want a real man sweety?"... the rest is history.

He kicked your ass for the insult and then she married you purely out of sympathy for how hard it must have been to be gay and that confused?